Canada US greet 70th confederation birthday
President Roosevelt extended warm birthday wishes to Canada on July 1 as Lord Tweedsmuir reciprocated thanking the United States. The two leaders stressed enduring friendship and the aim of a single indivisible Canadian nation tied to democratic ideals and North American cooperation.
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Virginia
Fathers of Confederation
Guard shoots prisoner at Saint Vincent de Paul penitentiary
Onesiphore Michelin 25 of Three Rivers Que was shot dead by a guard at a quarry outside the St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary after an alleged attack on a second guard. Michelin was serving a burglary and theft sentence. A second guard fired aiming to disable him. the bullet struck his head.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Onesiphore Michelin
Three Rivers
Que
Would Grow More Wheat London
The House of Commons debated wheat production in Great Britain as W S Morrison moved a money resolution to fund the plan. The May 27 scheme would raise the anticipated wheat supply cap from 48 million to 64 million bushels under the 1932 Wheat Act. T. Williams argued extending the price guarantee would push farmers to grow wheat on unsuitable land and said the UK cannot compete with Canada the United States Australia or South America in wheat barley and oats.
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House of Commons
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Canada
United States
Australia
South America
Soviet Explorer Calls Polar Bases for North American Service
Moscow. Dr Otto J Schmidt leader of the Soviet polar expedition says bases must be built in Canada the United States and Alaska before regular air service between the USSR and North America can begin. He plans 1938 north polar camps and a permanent polar research project. He agrees with Sir Hubert Wilkins that a submarine could reach the pole but cites air planes as more practical.
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Russia
Coronation Scot Sets British Steam Speed Records
The Coronation Scot on LMS powered a London to Crewe test reaching 114 mph near Stafford, with a 158 mile Crewe to Euston leg in 119 minutes at 80 mph. The return trip hit 100 mph, and the Crewe leg was completed in 229 minutes at 73 mph. A 390 minute London to Glasgow schedule begins July 5.
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Glasgow
Admiral Fisher Buried At Sea Off Spithead
The body of Admiral Sir William Fisher, late commander in chief of the naval base, was lowered into the water off Spithead as 17 gun salutes rang out from naval and military batteries aboard the cruiser Curacoa.
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Sir William Fisher
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Pastor Sentenced in Danzig for Criticizing Hitler
Pastor Rudolph Walther, chairman of the Danzig Confessional church, was sentenced to three months in prison for criticizing Chancellor Hitler and the third Reich in a circular letter read from his pulpit. The case highlights suppression of dissent in the city under Nazi rule.
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Short Season Commences in Goldfields Sask
In sub Arctic Saskatoon brief summer arrives with trees in leaf and flowers blooming. Berry bushes such as saskatoons raspberries blueberries gooseberries and cranberries bloom as fruit forms within a month. Bears will be happy while mosquitoes and black flies lie in wait in muskegs. In Athabaska country sleigh dogs rest as northerners welcome the short season.
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Liberals Sweep Nova Scotia Election Victory
Premier Angus L. Macdonald’s Liberal party wins 25 of 30 seats in the Nova Scotia general election, defeating Opposition Leader Gordon S. Harrington who loses his riding. Five Conservatives are elected, Liberals sweep Halifax and Cape Breton Island, and several incumbents secure larger majorities. Premier Macdonald thanks supporters as weather aids campaigning.
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Labor
George Morrison
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Col. Harrington
Macdonald
Halifax South
Landing Field Sought Near Victoria for Trans-Canada Development
The Greater Victoria airplane committee urged Hon. C. D. Howe to establish an auxiliary landing field here linked to the Trans- Canada Airways project. The group will forward its request to the federal minister of transport in Ottawa.
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Research must guide future agricultural policy says Dr. Jesness
Dr. O B Jesness of the University of Minnesota told delegates to the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists that intensive research and flexibility are essential to future progress in agriculture. He warned against outside influences and cited planning from public opinion in democracies versus data driven planning in dictatorships. He urged long term application of truths learned and noted past mistakes in land use due to lack of facts.
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O. B. Jesness
Agricultural Economics Division
University of Minnesota
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
G. S. H. Barton
Canada
Jesness
United States
Judicial inquiry opens into Alberta highway costs
The Alberta judicial inquiry into highway construction costs will be led by Justice Lunney of Calgary and is expected to open in Edmonton on August 16. Attorney General J. W. Hugill said commission counsel had not yet been appointed.
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J. W. Hugill
Polar Fliers Feted in Oakland
Soviet air heroes Valeri Chkalov Georgi Baidukov and Alexander Belaikov visited Oakland California after their 5500 mile Moscow to Vancouver nonstop flight. The trio were feted during their Oakland visit as part of their commemorated achievement.
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Vancouver
Washington
Oakland
California
Valeri Chkalov
Georgi Baidukov
Alexander Belaikov
Insect Damage Cuts Saskatchewan Wheat Yields
K M King of the federal entomological branch told the Western Canadian Society of Agronomy in Saskatoon that 20 to 25 percent losses occurred in bad years due to pests. He noted control measures could cut crop damage by insects to about 10 percent and discussed wireworms pale western cutworms grasshoppers and western sawfly.
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University of Saskatchewan
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Discovery at sea ends Duchess of Bedford disappearance mystery
A headless decomposed body of a flying Duchess was found at sea near the River Ouse area, ending a three month case. The 71 year old Duchess learned to fly at 61 and once set an England to Capetown record. She departed March 22 from Woburn Abbey en route to Cambridge. wreckage washed ashore on a Norfolk beach while a search continued.
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Norfolk
Objection Taken to Britain Over Spanish Patrol
London report notes Germany and Italy reject a British French proposal to patrol Spain coastlines for neutrality. A foreign office spokesman says the non-intervention plan could shift toward belligerent rights if it collapses.
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Britain
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Belgium
Sweden
Soviet
Russia
Border clash between Russia and Japan escalates near Amur islands
Moscow says it will withdraw armed forces from the disputed Amur river islands if Japan does likewise, amid a tense exchange over redemarcation and indemnification. Japan reports Soviet gunboats sunk and clashes continue as both sides press claims to the border region near Manchukuo.
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Shigemitsu
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Maxim Litvinoff
Blagoveshchensk
Amur River
Kanchatzu Island
Manchoukuo - Siberian
Manchuria
China
Manchoukuo
Soviet Russia
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Seniuru
Siberia
British Columbian youths deliver greetings to Roosevelt
Two boys from Cobble Hill British Columbia rode to Washington to deliver greetings from T. D Pattullo to President Roosevelt at the White House. Arthur Freeman and Phil Lafortune began their journey on April 26 to attend the Boy Scout jamboree.
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T. D Pattullo
British Columbia
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Phil Lafortune
Cobble Hill
Cobham Slightly Hurt In Southampton Plane Crash
British aviator Sir Alan Cobham was slightly injured when his plane crashed after takeoff from Southampton Airport en route to Portsmouth. The crash followed a reported engine stall during pursuit of the Imperial Airways air mail inauguration.
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Alan Cobham
Cobham
Portmouth
Imperial Airways
Police Station Robbed in Vancouver
Police in Vancouver report $500 stolen from the station general office safe. The money had been deposited as bait for an unnamed Chinese suspected of running a gaming house.
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